Glimpses of India
Glimpses of India
1. Glimpses of India – A Baker from Goa
1. Is bread an important part of Goan life? How do you know this?
Ans) Bread is an important part of Goan life. Marriage gifts are meaningless without the sweet bread known as the bol. For a party, bread is a must, while for Christmas, cakes and bolinhas are a must. Sandwiches must be prepared by the lady of the house on her daughter’s engagement. The author says that everybody loves the fragrance of loaves. The elders were given loaves and the
children were given bread- bangles, which they longed for. Also, the fact that the bakery is a profitable profession shows that the love for bread is enormous in Goa.
2. Describe the childhood memories of the author’s life in Goa and his fondness for
bread and cakes.
Ans) The author’s childhood memories are full of fun. He remembers them and gets
nostalgic. The pader or baker was an important person in the Goan village as well as in the author’s life. He used to mix, mould and bake the loaves of bread in age-old, tested furnaces. He used to come twice a day, once in the morning to sell the bread and then while returning after emptying his basket. He made his musical entry with the `jhang, jhang’ sound of his bamboo staff.
The author with other children used to run to meet him in order to take the bread-bangles or sometimes the sweet bread of special make. He chatted and gossiped with him.
2. Glimpses of India – Croog
1. Where is Coorg?
Coorg is the smallest district of Karnataka, located midway between Mysore and Mangalore.
2. What is the story about the Kodavu people’s descent?
According to the author, the fiercely independent people of Coorg are possible
of Greek or Arabic descent. A part of Alexander’s army moved south along the
coast. They settled there when return became impractical. These people married amongst the locals and their culture is evident in the martial traditions, marriage and religious rites, which are distinct from the Hindu mainstream. The Kodavus wear a long, black coat, with an embroidered waist-
belt, known as kuppia. It resembles the kuffia worn by the Arabs and the Kurds, hence supporting the theory of their Arab origin.
3. How do Coorg’s location, people and natural features add to the diversity of India?
Coorg is beautifully located and described as a piece of heaven that must have drifted from the kingdom of God. It has rolling hillsides with a pollution free river and forests teeming with wildlife. Here nature exists in its pristine glory, which adds to the diversity of India. Further, it has coffee and spice plantations, quite different from the rest of India. The local people, the Kodavus, are a martial race.
Of course, they are well known for their hospitality, just like all Indians. All these
features of Coorg add to the diversity of our country.
3. Glimpses of India – Tea from Assam
1. What did Rajvir see during his train journey.’ by was he more excited than his
friend Pranjol?
Ans)Rajvir, a classmate of Pranjol, is visiting Dhekiaban Tea Estate in Assam, for the
first time. Actually, he is enjoying the train journey to Assam with his friend Pranjol whose father manages Dhekiabari Tea Estate. The beautiful scenery fascinates Rajvir. It is green, green everywhere. He sees so much greenery for the first time in his life. Now the landscape changes. The paddy fields give way to tea bushes. A sea of tea bushes is stretching as far as eyes can go. The orderly rows of bushes are pruned to the same height. Groups of tea pluckers
are carrying bamboo baskets on their backs. They are plucking the newly sprouted leaves. The magnificent view fascinates Rajvir. However, Pranjol is not so much excited. These views are not new to him. He was born and brought up on a tea plantation.
2. How does Rajvir describe the tea-garden at Dhekiabari?
Ans)On both sides of the gravel road were acres and acres of neatly pruned tea bushes. It was the second sprouting period. Women wearing plastic aprons were plucking new tea leaves and putting them in the bamboo baskets.
3.What is the Indian/Buddhist legend about the discovery of tea?
Ans)Once there was a Buddhist, ascetic Bodhidharma who used to feel sleepy during meditations. So he cut off his eyelids. Ten tea plants grew out of the eyelids. When the leaves of these plants were put in hot water and drunk, they banished sleep.
1. Glimpses of India – A Baker from Goa
1. Is bread an important part of Goan life? How do you know this?
Ans) Bread is an important part of Goan life. Marriage gifts are meaningless without the sweet bread known as the bol. For a party, bread is a must, while for Christmas, cakes and bolinhas are a must. Sandwiches must be prepared by the lady of the house on her daughter’s engagement. The author says that everybody loves the fragrance of loaves. The elders were given loaves and the
children were given bread- bangles, which they longed for. Also, the fact that the bakery is a profitable profession shows that the love for bread is enormous in Goa.
2. Describe the childhood memories of the author’s life in Goa and his fondness for
bread and cakes.
Ans) The author’s childhood memories are full of fun. He remembers them and gets
nostalgic. The pader or baker was an important person in the Goan village as well as in the author’s life. He used to mix, mould and bake the loaves of bread in age-old, tested furnaces. He used to come twice a day, once in the morning to sell the bread and then while returning after emptying his basket. He made his musical entry with the `jhang, jhang’ sound of his bamboo staff.
The author with other children used to run to meet him in order to take the bread-bangles or sometimes the sweet bread of special make. He chatted and gossiped with him.
2. Glimpses of India – Croog
1. Where is Coorg?
Coorg is the smallest district of Karnataka, located midway between Mysore and Mangalore.
2. What is the story about the Kodavu people’s descent?
According to the author, the fiercely independent people of Coorg are possible
of Greek or Arabic descent. A part of Alexander’s army moved south along the
coast. They settled there when return became impractical. These people married amongst the locals and their culture is evident in the martial traditions, marriage and religious rites, which are distinct from the Hindu mainstream. The Kodavus wear a long, black coat, with an embroidered waist-
belt, known as kuppia. It resembles the kuffia worn by the Arabs and the Kurds, hence supporting the theory of their Arab origin.
3. How do Coorg’s location, people and natural features add to the diversity of India?
Coorg is beautifully located and described as a piece of heaven that must have drifted from the kingdom of God. It has rolling hillsides with a pollution free river and forests teeming with wildlife. Here nature exists in its pristine glory, which adds to the diversity of India. Further, it has coffee and spice plantations, quite different from the rest of India. The local people, the Kodavus, are a martial race.
Of course, they are well known for their hospitality, just like all Indians. All these
features of Coorg add to the diversity of our country.
3. Glimpses of India – Tea from Assam
1. What did Rajvir see during his train journey.’ by was he more excited than his
friend Pranjol?
Ans)Rajvir, a classmate of Pranjol, is visiting Dhekiaban Tea Estate in Assam, for the
first time. Actually, he is enjoying the train journey to Assam with his friend Pranjol whose father manages Dhekiabari Tea Estate. The beautiful scenery fascinates Rajvir. It is green, green everywhere. He sees so much greenery for the first time in his life. Now the landscape changes. The paddy fields give way to tea bushes. A sea of tea bushes is stretching as far as eyes can go. The orderly rows of bushes are pruned to the same height. Groups of tea pluckers
are carrying bamboo baskets on their backs. They are plucking the newly sprouted leaves. The magnificent view fascinates Rajvir. However, Pranjol is not so much excited. These views are not new to him. He was born and brought up on a tea plantation.
2. How does Rajvir describe the tea-garden at Dhekiabari?
Ans)On both sides of the gravel road were acres and acres of neatly pruned tea bushes. It was the second sprouting period. Women wearing plastic aprons were plucking new tea leaves and putting them in the bamboo baskets.
3.What is the Indian/Buddhist legend about the discovery of tea?
Ans)Once there was a Buddhist, ascetic Bodhidharma who used to feel sleepy during meditations. So he cut off his eyelids. Ten tea plants grew out of the eyelids. When the leaves of these plants were put in hot water and drunk, they banished sleep.
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